Interesting ways to display full-view clear models?

[sausage]

Like the Tamiya 911GT1 or F50.

I think even with some polishing they'd still look rather translucent rather than transparent. Is there any unusual way to display them?

I saw one previously which was half clear and half carbon-fibered.

[CeeElle]

i'm just finishing up a clear-view Williams FW24. i painted half the body laterally so the left side is painted and decaled and the right is clear. it didn't work out as well as i'd hoped, but it's my first kit in about 25 years.

if i had it to do over, i would have left the whole thing clear.

[cfcrules]

I saw one where the bloke had sprayed the ferrari clear red from the inside to give it shine. It would have been cool, but the paint built up in the corners and so ruined it in my opinion.

[jdmaccordian]

I did a Tamiya F50. I sprayed the front 25% of the car (front bumper, tip of hood and fenders) in yellow and faded it out into the clear body. I did spray on the inside and the inside molding of the body was weird and it didn't look good. If I had a chance to redo it, I would spray it the same but from the outside. I think it would look really nice.

[Guiddy]

I'd spray parts of it but leave sections clear in a 'see through' style.
But have never tried this and wouldn't bother anyway!

[Jay!]

Pin it to the underside of a piece of glass or clear plastic, with the proper colored version on top. Like sitting on a magic mirror.

[Gamerxz]

Heres a picture of my clear view ferrari f1 kit which i did.. its half painted half clear. Hope this helps

[SeaBee]

Gamerxz, that's a very nice one! I was actually leaning towards something similar if and when I get around to my next clear model (have 3 in the cupboard.

The one I did was like mentioned above - a 911GT1, with white faded out. Done from the outside. Came out nicely enough imo.

[MPWR]

Personally, I think what Gamerxz has done is the very best way to build these kits. If they are built leaving the bodies clear, they will always look like plastic models- there are too many mold marks on the bodyparts and chassis parts for them to look like anyting else. But if you carefully plan clear 'cutaway' sections and paint the rest of the body the results can be spectacular. 'Feathering' or fading the edges of the paint can be very difficult to do well- I would just use a hard masked edge. But I would be tempted to overlap some CF decals on the inside by a few mm around the cutaway areas. All of Tamiya's clearview kits are of cars with CF body panels, so some CF around the edges would make them look even ome 'cut away'.

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by MPWR

Personally, I think what Gamerxz has done is the very best way to build these kits. If they are built leaving the bodies clear, they will always look like plastic models- there are too many mold marks on the bodyparts and chassis parts for them to look like anyting else. But if you carefully plan clear 'cutaway' sections and paint the rest of the body the results can be spectacular. 'Feathering' or fading the edges of the paint can be very difficult to do well- I would just use a hard masked edge. But I would be tempted to overlap some CF decals on the inside by a few mm around the cutaway areas. All of Tamiya's clearview kits are of cars with CF body panels, so some CF around the edges would make them look even ome 'cut away'.

Andy, would you CF the putside of the body and then paint over that?
Or are you thinking of placing CF on the "other/inside" side of the clear plastic? If so, how would you attach the CF to the body so that the pattern is facing "out"?
I've been toying with this thought since you first mentioned it some time ago and I have to admit I failed to come up with a good soloution

[MPWR]

Apply the CF facedown (upside down) on the inside of the bodyshell plastic. It will look like it is applied correctly (rightside up) when viewed through the plastic- except it will of course be being seen through the plastic, instead of sitting atop it.

[wouter1981]

always paint those clear parts on the outside... I've played a while with the same car like gamerxz and painted it partiatly on the inside and it was horrible, made me throw the entire kit away ;-)

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by MPWR

Apply the CF facedown (upside down) on the inside of the bodyshell plastic. It will look like it is applied correctly (rightside up) when viewed through the plastic- except it will of course be being seen through the plastic, instead of sitting atop it.

I worked that bit out on my own What I couldn't figure out is how to fix the CF to the body so that it lays tight to the plastic

I guess you can't remove the decal from the backing paper so it willbe quite thick and stiff and you can't put any adhesive on the decal itself? Scotch tape it to the body behind the paint, maybe? But then how tight would it lay to the plastic on curved surfaces?
I like the idea and I'd love to see it done to see how it works. Unfortunately, I don't have a clear body kit to experiment with